TangoAlphaD:
If the SID ends at 6000' and I'm at 5000 when the donkey dies and early on in the SID and I'm obviously without doubt above the min gradient well maybe yes just hold at the end of it or pick up vectors.
At some terrain-laden airports vectors won't do you much good if you're below the controller's minimum vectoring altitude. The industry was recently reminded about that last December with EVA coming very close to a CFIT on Mt. Wilson northeast of KLAX. And, KLAX isn't what I would call terrain-laden.