It is easy to overdo the ankles if they aren't familiar with frequent climbing and are sufficiently stretched to accommodate the additional repetitive flexing whilst climbing. You need to be careful of ankle tendonitis.
Not too hard except for: My issue was that although most of my body was easily fit enough to walk up and down regularly for longish distances (much more frequent up and down than all other Caminos I have walked), my ankles weren't in the best condition, they have obviously aged a bit. In short - go for it, and don't be afraid to walk the parallel, but often nicer, GR or E9 along the way!! You also have the option to continue on the Primitivo or continue along the coast a bit farther. Certainly more people on the Norte - and a younger crowd to boot - than, say, on the Via de la Plata or the Portugues between Lisboa and Porto. Other than the asphalt, you will love it, and depending on the time of year you walk it, it will be much more social than most of the caminos, but just the right kind of social - not a mob scene like the Frances is reputed to be (though in my experience it was not nearly as bad as some say). It is a very doable walk, and probably the most beautiful that I've been on (though the Via de la Plata may be tied with it, but very different, as it is an inland walk). I don't know what the official figures are, but I am sure it is, in reality, 70 percent, at least between Bilbao and Galicia. The only really hard part of the Norte is literally the 'hard' part - tons of asphalt. The first six days are the hardest, and the most beautiful, but eminently doable (I suggest taking the alternate GR red-white marked trail into Deba, and whenever the regular camino heads inland).
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