Abstract: A stair climbing wheelchair carrier comprising a handle assembly and base, the handle assembly for securing the wheelchair to the carrier, means for securing the handle assembly to the base, the base comprising a pair of spaced endless tracks having climbing lugs on the outside surface thereof, each of the endless tracks entrained around a pair of rollers and passing under the outer surface of a runner, one of the rollers situate proximate one end of the runner, the other proximate the other end, the runner being bent intermediate its ends to form a first portion extending away from one of the rollers and a second portion extending away from the first portion towards the second roller at an angle of between about 125.degree. and about 145.degree.