The first woman to take a breather in the Himalayas? (7)
I believe the answer is:
everest
'the himalayas?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'the first woman to take a breather' is the wordplay.
'the first woman' becomes 'Eve' (first woman in the bible).
'to take a breather' becomes 'rest' (synonyms).
'eve'+'rest'='EVEREST'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for everest that I've seen before include "Tallest mountain ..." , "Highest peak" , "High peak" , "Mountain named after a British surveyor general of India" , "A mountain to climb" .)