Backpacking tarp...

[MikeWalking]

The grommets last allot longer if you pull the looped core through it and put a stick through the loop

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[Olympics777]

Thanks for the tarptent suggestion, after reading about it I just HAVE to have one. I looks like it would offer pretty good protection for the weight, and it does not look terribly hard to make. Thanks!!!!

[JustinC]

This is what I'll be using this year.
Zpacks Hexamid solo plus cuben fiber tarp
Xtherm pad
Tigoat bivy
Zpacks 30* quilt.

The whole setup weighs 2 lbs 11 oz.

[HawkCreek]

Bushcraft Outfitters makes some great tarps for better prices that most other places I've seen on the internet. I have several of their "regular" line made out of ripstop and couldnt be happier. Not long ago they introduced an "ultra light" version made out of silnylon that a lot of guys are raving about. The silnylon 10x10 loosely packs down to the size of a Nalgene bottle and only weights about a pound. They are a little over $100 for the larger tarps if my memory is working right this morning.

[boneaddict]

I have two versions, one is a tent fly which works better in heavy weather and the other is one made out of parachute, which is lighter. 

[acnewman55]

Smokin hot deals on the clymb right now for Nemo tarps.

They're a great brand - popular with hard-core backpacking community.

http://bit.ly/12BVypU

[Labs07]

You could use 8 panels from a parashoot or two rain ponchos snaped together.  Then just make your shelter