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[QUOTE="Former member 35551, post: 768683"] What's a hard or easy camino is so subjective that it is nearly meaningless without context or hard data. For example . . . I just got back from doing the Primitivo. Is it hard? Not at all. But here's the context. I started in Toulouse - Chemin d'Arles to Camino Aragones to Camino Frances (Obanos to Leon) to Camino de San Salvador and finally Primitivo to Santiago. Right after Salvador, the Primtiivo was exhilarating, fun and surprisingly easy. Now the Salvador. That is one tough mofo. Also, time makes a difference. I first did the Frances 5 years ago, starting in Le Puy. If you had asked me two months ago if the Frances had any hills or steep climbs, I would have said no. The only hill I recalled was the Pyrenees. After that it was flat and very easy. This year, when I started from Toulouse and did the Frances from Obanos to Leon I was shocked at the number of steep hills that have been added in the ensuing five years. Both times I started way before Frances and the sections before Frances were equally hilly (this year may have been even more so). Five years older was the only difference. As for the Norte, I'd place it as harder than the Frances from 5 years ago and about the same as the Frances from this year but definitely easier than the Primitivo. But, rather than difficult or easy, I prefer to look at the data - elevation, slope and distance between services. [/QUOTE]
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