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These activities must be approved before making any non-refundable deposits.  Review Safety Activity Checkpoints–Trip/Travel Camping and Group Camping and any activity-specific Safety Activity Checkpoints before planning any trip involving girls. You can find a link to these documents on our council Web site at www.gswpa.org.  Caution: You must get written pre-approval from your council for girls ages 12 and older who will:  operate motorized vehicles, such as go-carts and personal watercraft;  use firearms;  take trips on waterways that are highly changeable or uncontrollable;  experience simulated skydiving and zero-gravity rooms; or  fly in noncommercial aircraft, such as small private planes, helicopters, sailplanes, untethered hot air balloons, and blimps. Warning: The following activities are never allowed for any girl:  potentially uncontrolled free-falling (bungee jumping, hang gliding, parachuting, parasailing, moon bounce/bounce house and trampolining);  creating extreme variations of approved activities (such as high-altitude climbing and aerial tricks on bicycles, skis, snowboards, skateboards, water-skis, and wakeboards);  hunting;  shooting a projectile at another person;  riding all-terrain vehicles and motor bikes; or  taking watercraft trips in