found this photo to show how they are with grips on. As I mentioned, I cut the grips down a bit, to be able to bring the shifter brake levers as far as I could away from the inner part of the front bar.
and yes, image 3 above is where I tend to be the most, but am of course on the grips a alot also.

my tape job is kind of lumpy, but you can see that if you do not have grips, it gives you more area and small positional changes for your hands in the closest position (photo 4)

I chose this type of bar tape exactly because it is more tough than regular foamy corky bar tape, because a trekking bar will tend to get rubbed up against abrasive walls etc when leaning the bike against stuff, but in the end, I'd like to go the simple "cushy" bar tape route, doubled, and then not have any specific higher up areas as with grips etc, but one smooth, cushy area to move my hands around.

hope that helps visually to see how they are with grips on them.

but hey, maybe you would prefer grips, but worth trying diff setups anyway.