i used a little pocket tripod (i think it was about $6 on ebay) on top of a small 4ft Al ladder, which I set with some screws onto a little movers flat dolly, haha! It worked like a charm, I'd roll it all over the place, flip the paint holder to set the camera on, and snap.
You're actually just about as well off using the delay, and standing steady.
I've taken lightning shots propped up against a fence post, no tripod, using 8 second shutter speed. Here's one of my better catches, but on the way to find where I'd filed this I went through another "lightning" folder (95 shots, all too dark to use). It takes a bit of work with one, and as you said, sometimes multiple shots
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