I've read several different ideas of what you should put in the top of your pack. One says that you should put your tent/fly on top so you can get to it without having to take everything else out of your pack. Another says to seperate the food you'll need for snacks or the next meal on top for basicly the same reason. Another says to put heavier weight on top if on trails or vice versa. What are some of your ideas on putting things on top? I pack like this: Put sleep pad in first, then sleeping bag, then hammock and fly, then cookset then clothes, then food. All the small things that I need go in seperate pockets on the pack. Maps and compass etc on top in the map pocket.