In 2004, he was awarded the ascent of the year for his alpine-style summit of Shishapangma via the MacIntyre route, alongside Radek Jaroš, Martin Minařík, and Petr Mašek.

The Czech Mountaineering Association awarded the climb an honorable mention for the year, given the difficult conditions of the summit.

[14] The first trip, named Thumba Party resulted in the first successful alpine style summit of the North West pillar of Talung (7349 m) on 19 May.

A day before his 57th birthday, Hrubý died from a fall during the descent of the eight-thousander, after unsuccessfully reaching the summit.

Hrubý was fatally injured after a technical mistake, he mistakenly used the wrong type of carabiner while abseiling and fell several hundred meters to his death.

[19][20] He additionally served as a government representative for meetings of the International Monetary Fund,[21] and as member of the board of directors of Český Telecom.