Veikka Gustafsson

Eero Veikka Juhani Gustafsson, known as Veikka Gustafsson (born 14 January 1968) is a Finnish mountaineer who has ascended all 14 eight-thousanders in the world without the use of supplemental oxygen. In 1993 Gustafsson became the first Finnish person to have reached the top of Mount Everest. In the spring of 1997, he also became the first Finn to have reached the summit without the use of bottled oxygen.

Contents

• Veikka gustafsson talks about communication in the mountains
• Veikka gustafsson everestilla 1997
• 8000 m mountains summited
• Other notable ascentsattempts
• References

8000 m+ mountains summited

Mount Everest (8848 m), spring 1993, with bottled oxygen

Dhaulagiri (8167 m), fall 1993

K2 (8611 m), summer 1994

Lhotse (8516 m), spring 1995

Makalu (8483 m), spring 1995

Mount Everest (8848 m), spring 1997, without bottled oxygen

Manaslu (8163 m), spring 1999

Dhaulagiri (8167 m), spring 1999

Shishapangma (8013 m), spring 2001

Nanga Parbat (8125 m), summer 2001

Mount Everest (8848 m), spring 2004

Cho Oyu (8201 m), 2005-04-22

Annapurna (8091 m), 2005-05-12

Kanchenjunga (8586 m), 2006-05-14

Gasherbrum II (8035 m), 2008-07-08

Broad Peak (8051 m), 2008-07-31

Gasherbrum I (8080 m), 2009-07-26

Other notable ascents/attempts

In the Alps:

Frendo ridge

Bonatti pillar

Les Courtes, north wall (Swiss route)

In the Pamir:

Pik Kommunisma (7495 m) and Pik Korsenevskaja (7105 m), summer 1993

Pik Kommunisma (7495 m). Basecamp to basecamp in 36 h.

In the Himalayas:

Mount Everest (8848 m), spring 1996. Reached 7500 m.

Annapurna (8091 m), spring 2000. Failed to summit.

Annapurna (8091 m), spring 2002. Reached 7300 m.

Kangchenjunga (8 586 m), spring 2003. Reached 7100 m.

Elsewhere:

Mount Vinson (4892 m), winter 1996. The tallest mountain in Antarctica.

Four first ascents on the Antarctica, winter 1997. Summited Mount Gardner (4587 m) and an unnamed peak, later unofficially named Mount Sisu (4300 m).