I'm wondering what kind of rig you have. My previous touring bike had a threaded, quill stem. I was able to buy a new one - a Nitto Technomic - that went quite a bit higher than the one I had. It was so stretched I didn't use all of it.

My current tourer - an LHT - has a threadless fork. I found a stem for it that has a lot of rise - on Amazon, I think. Shop around for a high-rise stem. I also bought a frame with an uncut steerer tube, although it didn't stick up as much as on other frames, because mine is a 62cm wih a long head tube. If you have a threadless fork you can also get a stem riser to raise things up.



I don't have a picture of the old bike with the quill stem, but here's the LHT from the side so you can see the stem and the height of the bars compared to the saddle.



Here's a closer view of the stem.