Today, of course, the big news is the total solar eclipse that begins around noon in the Central time zone. Andreas’s plan is to keep swimming during the eclipse, while the crew will use eclipse shades to view the spectacular phenomenon. Meanwhile Andreas will keep pushing northward. Go to the team Read more…
Andreas Fath is swimming in a river that contains an incredible variety of aquatic life. There are more fish, freshwater mussels, snails, insects, plants and other forms of life in the Tennessee River system than there are anywhere else in North America. Varieties of fish species in particular abound. More Read more…
After a tough day contending with high winds and big waves yesterday, Andreas has passed Wheeler Dam and today has been swimming toward Wilson Dam… and the famed music center known as Muscle Shoals. Muscle Shoals is thought to have originally been named for its shoals and shallow areas filled with freshwater Read more…
Today Andreas Fath is pushing hard across the glassy stillness of Wheeler Lake, west of Decatur, Alabama, in his quest to swim the Tennessee River. Swimming across such man-made lakes is always a challenge for Andreas because there is little to no current on them. Wheeler Lake is the 67,000-acre Read more…
Andreas Fath is attempting an incredible athletic feat in swimming the entire 652-mile Tennessee River. Months ago, in the run-up to the start of the “TenneSwim,” many of us supporting Andreas’s swim for science began to ask: Has anyone else ever done it? We looked into it, and as best Read more…
On Friday afternoon, Andreas and the team passed the majestic Painted Bluff along the northern bank of the Tennessee River just southeast of Huntsville. More than 80 ancient Native American paintings and rock carvings decorate its walls. It’s been called one of the most important sites for ancient Native American Read more…
Yesterday Andreas Fath had a tremendous day of swimming the Tennessee River. He did 24 miles, far surpassing his daily goal of 20 miles. As of the end of yesterday, he has 400 miles to go to reach the river’s end in Paducah, Kentucky, where it meets the Ohio River. Read more…