A Look Back at Ten Years of Geotripping: Where are the Most Incredible Places You've Ever Stood?

I've been dredging through the archives of ten years of Geotripping, sharing some of my favorite posts over the years. I've reached 2014, and I found this series on the most awesome places I've ever stood. Such lists of course are highly subjective, and was pleased that many readers offered some of their own top choices (and don't stop now; share with us all in the comments!). I took a couple of weeks to work through the ten places (actually cheated and made it eleven), but I never actually compiled them in one place, so I've done that here, starting with the first five (don't you just hate the click-bait sites that make you go through page after page trying to get to the end?). A few days later, I posted a list of the runner-up choices. That will be in another post.
What is the most incredible place you have ever stood? That thought occurred to me this last weekend when I got up to Glacier and Washburn Points in Yosemite National Park. For those who are less familiar with the park, Glacier and Washburn Points are on the rim of Yosemite Valley, not on the valley floor. As such, they give a bird's-eye view of one of the most incredible pieces of land in the world, and though a million or more people may stop there during their visit to Yosemite, I'll bet the majority of park visitors don't venture up that way. It's something like 20 winding miles outside of tourist central on the valley floor, and perhaps hard to squeeze in when trying to rush through the park in the limited moments afforded by a vacation