Let me see your Tarp in use

Go to Backpacking Light and search for tarp photos. Lots of UL backpackers use tarps.

Personally I'd only use a poncho if it was an emergency. And then it would be a Gatewood poncho which is larger than military ponchos and meant to be a shelter. Go to You Tube for a lot of articles on the Gatewood Cape by Six Moon Design.
 
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