You know SD, condoms have been known to fail ...

At any rate, to each his own. My way is not everyone else's way. If it were there would be no need of this forum as there would be nothing to debate.
When I first joined this forum I had backups for my backups as well. My past few deployments have left me with a whole new outlook on life and I kinda got a max relax attitude in areas that 5 or 6 years ago would have bothered me to all to hell. I had a few lessons in "survival" that taught me I need to start enjoying my life more and stop "what if-ing" every possible scenario to death every time I step into the woods. I no longer worry about giant bears jumping me from behind, or losing my only knife, or the end of the world happening when I am out camping. In short, I now go on wildernes trips to live rather than survive and I enjoy myself a lot more. If I break or lose my knife I have a multi-tool which is a good enough back up blade for my needs. If I lose or break the multitool then I will Improvise,adapt and overcome as trained and make do without. It's as simple as that.

I have since removed the unnecessary crap from my pack and replaced it with a bottle of fine scotch. It may sound like wasted space to some, but when the sun goes down over the water and I am totally alone in the wilderness with nothing but a glass of spirits and the sound of wolves howling in the distance for company I am really glad I don't sweat the small stuff anymore. I feel there is a fine line between being prepared and overprepared. There may come a time when this mind set bites me square in the a**, but for now I feel as equipped to survive as the next guy and I have plenty of free space in my bag.

If I suddenly find myself naked up a tree and swinging a bottle of scotch at a man eating bear after losing and breaking all my gear I will feel rather silly however.