On a recent weekend, they had auditions for the TV reality show “Survivor” at the Casino. I understand the line was very long, filled with people from several states who were anxious for their 60-second interview and their moment of glory on television.

That started me thinking. If life were similar to a reality show, just what would it be like?

First of all, when you are born, it is akin to the opening show on Survivor; you are dropped off at a location you know nothing about. Everything is new to you and you don’t know what to do. Time passes, and you learn and grow your survival skills in order to stick around. You may not eat well, but you depend on what is around you and what looks good. As a baby, you will try tasting everything that you can get your hands on. You learn by trying.

In the show “Survivor,” you are given challenges and compete against others. In real life, you go to school and are constantly challenged by tests and competition against your classmates. You are required to go to P.E. and follow the program of physical fitness. “Survivor” has several contests that involve stamina or strenuous activity.

In the show, you periodically attend a gathering of your peers and vote on a person to leave the group. I see this as a clique, which either accepts you or ignores and votes you off.

In this show, you meet all types of people. There is the “born leader.” There are several followers, and there are usually one or two real snakes in the grass. There are the people who judge, the people who fudge and those with a grudge. There are those who are easily misled, those who believe everything they are told, and those who slink around making friends here and there, then delight in pitting one against the other.

The motto of the “sole survivor” is “Outlast, Outplay, Outwit.” To a certain degree, that could be applied to our everyday lives, couldn’t it?

To date, the show has been filmed in such exotic locations as a South Pacific island, Africa and South America — all pretty remote and wild places. What if, just what if, the show producers decided to stage a location in the woods in the Snoqualmie Valley? Participants would be dropped off in the middle of a primeval forest with just the clothing on their backs and one survival tool of their choosing. They would have to erect shelters at two separate campsites and protect themselves from the rain and moderate temperatures. To be fair, this would have to take place in spring or summer. We wouldn’t want the potential survivors to freeze during one of our harsh winters.

Contests could include wood chopping, swimming through an icy lake, slogging over a wilderness trail or hiking Mount Si. You may be called upon to sample some of the grossest editable things around, possibly slugs, earth worms or ferns. As a reward, you may win fishing gear, a tent or a lunch at Mount Si High School. A picnic at Rattlesnake Lake or North Bend movie tickets would be good prizes.

The council meetings could be held in a tribal-style long house. And, for the grand finale, they could finish it up where it all began, back at the Casino.

Let’s all lobby for a “Survivor Snoqualmie.”

• Bob Edwards is a North Bend resident and member of Sno Valley Writes!