Battery grip - how do you balance your cameras?

Sorry for the newbie question, but just bought a battery grip and realised the camera will no longer balance on its own with heavier lenses (if you can call the 15-85mm heavy).

So what is the proper way to rest the camera down? I don't want to put it on its screen which is the flattest part. I climb and hike a lot so tend to rest my camera on the ground, rocks and gravel.

You always use your lenshood and then you just rest the cameara on the grip/lenshood.

Lens hood on
set camera down on its shortest side (in other words the shutter is on top)
This takes any undue stress off the lens mount.

goforphoto wrote in post #13079517
Lens hood on
set camera down on its shortest side (in other words the shutter is on top)
This takes any undue stress off the lens mount.

I'm not sure that resting the camera on hood & grip is applying any more stress than having the body hold all the lens by itself

I do rest the camera on its side, regardless of its on the table or in the backpack, camera grip up, makes it easier to pick up when needed.

mrsamo wrote in post #13079387
So what is the proper way to rest the camera down?

Why would anyone put their camera down?!?!?! Just kidding.. Before the cotton carrier, I use to put it down on the side as goforphoto said (battery grip shutter button up). I think part of the logic was that it is the "shortest side", but for me, it was just a natural way to put it down with a handstrap on.