For example the Manfroto Befree tripods are 1.1 kg in Carbon and 1.4kg Alu and a quick google has price in Australian dollars going up from ~$192 to $399 or $207 extra for a 300g weight saving. That's 69 AUD or 54 USD per 100g of weight saved. Not quite as bad as I thought above but not great value for money either in my opinion. That said lots of people have the spare cash and love to spend it on gear so best of luck to them. I try not to judge other peoples situations as people have different circumstances and see value in different ways to each other.
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Yepp you're absolutely right. My idea was to get one of those Gorillapods, as I'd use the tripod mostly for lower ground water shots - seems like they're mostly toys, though, and not really durable.
You can always just rest the camera on some rocks. I took this photo below like that as I stupidly flew to a remote south pacific island with no shops to watch a volcano erupt and left my tripod in the car back in Australia. A gorillapod or similar would help when using a light lens. I have also used duct tape and a walking pole as a temporary monopod. Manfroto sell walking sticks with camera mounts on the top (search for MMOFFROADB ) . There is always a way to get the shot ;-)
Haha that's a great story. Shows that planning is good, but being able to improvise is always better...traits you're learning when travelling, it seems :)