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Great discussion. I work with a local arborist who showed me the difference between a locking and non-locking carbiner. He twisted the rope around and very easily the rope pushed against the gate and the carbiner popped out. Then he showed me the same twist with a locking carbiner and it would not open up. I was amazed at how easily this could happen. While the breaking strength of the carbiner can be strong enough, the weakness of a gate being able to be pushed open during a fall that you have no control of is a chance I would not want to take.