PILOT REPORTS TERRAIN WARNING ON GLENDALE DEP FROM VNY AFTER LEVELING AT 1700 FEET.

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DEPARTED VNY ON THE GLENDALE 8 DEP. AFTER LIFT-OFF I WAS TOLD TO CORRECT SQUAWK CODE. I LOOKED AND REPLIED THAT SQUAWK WAS RIGHT. WAS ASKED AGAIN TO CORRECT SQUAWK CODE. AT THIS TIME I HAD ALREADY REACHED THE 2.2 FIX OFF VAN NUYS AND MADE MY L TURN TO A HDG OF 110 DEGS AND LEVELED AT 1700 FT. AS I WAS ASKED A THIRD TIME TO CORRECT THE SQUAWK CODE I HAD FOUND MY ERROR IN THE CODE AND RESET IT. JUST THEN I STARTED TO GET A TERRAIN ALERT AND I STARTED A CLB. THINKING I WAS NOT CLRED TO CLB I STARTED TO CORRECT AND RETURN TO 1700 FT. THE TERRAIN ALERT KEEP GOING AND I ASKED APCH FOR HIGHER. THEY GAVE ME A HDG OF 050 DEGS AND 3000 FT AND THE ALERT STOPPED. AFTER THE FLT I REVIEWED THE DEP AND FOUND IT SOMEWHAT CONFUSING. THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS 1700 FT AT THE 2.2 FIX BUT NO ILLUSTRATION OF A CLB AFTER THAT. IN THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION IT SAYS 1700 FT THEN A CLBING L TURN TO A HDG OF 110 DEGS. I FEEL IT WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC ALT LISTED AFTER THE 1700 FT MARK AND IT SHOWED ON THE ILLUSTRATION AS WELL. I HAD MADE THE MISTAKE OF NOT CLBING TO 3000 FT AFTER PASSING THE 2.2 FIX; AS I FELT THAT I WOULD BE DIRECTED HIGHER WITH THE RADAR VECTORS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THAT HIS ORIGINAL CLEARANCE WAS TO CLIMB TO 3000 FEET AND HE REALIZES NOW THAT HE SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED CLIMBING AFTER PASSING 2.2 DME.